Means for packing cigarettes



June 16, 1925. Q I 1,541,931

-' G. c. EKSTRGM ET AL MEANS FOR PACKING CIGARETTES Original Filed July'7, 1921 Patented June 16, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFIC E GUNNAR CHRISTIAN nxs'raolvr AND eus'raronsrnoivi, or srooKnoLM, AND neon ANDERS mun. JOHNSON, or arrnnvrnnn,swnnnn, ASSIGNORS T0 AKTIEBOLAGE'I ennri. AREI-INS MECKANISKA vnnxsran,or srockrromr, swnnnn, A conroaaa'ron OF SVIEIDEN- MEANS PACKINGGIGARETTES.

Original app1ication filed. July 7, 1921 Serial No. 483,067. Dividedand. this application filed November 17, 1924:. Serial NO. 750,475.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GUNNAR CHRISTIAN Eksrnoai and GUS'I'AF j-nsrnoar,subjects of the King of Sweden, and residents of Stockholm, Sweden, andBROR ANDnRs EMIL JOHNSON, a subject of the King of Sweden, and residentof Appelviken, Sweden, have invented certain new and useful'Improvements in Means for Packing Cigarettes, of which the following isa specification, reference being had therein to the accompanyingdrawing.

When cigarettes provided with print, such as the name of afirm, trademark, the name of the cigarette, etc., are charged in boxes, packets orthe like, the cigarettes are so placed, that the said print is turnedupward in the box. lVhcn cigarettes are packed, the cross section ofwhich is oval, the cigarettes besides are so placed in the boxes, thatthe same, having the print turned upward partially cover one another.The packing o' such cigarettes hitherto has been efl ected 1nanually,because thecigarettes in ordinary packing machines have an opportunityof turning, so that they would not get the desired position in theboxes. In order that the cigarettes may be mechanically placed into thepackets 1n a predetermined position it is absolutely necessary that thecigarettes, while transported from the cigarette making. machine to thepacking device have no occasion to turn. For the transporting of thecigarettes to the packing device carriers are known, in which thecigarettes are held in a distinct position and from which they arepositively transmitted into the packet, but hitherto the cigarettes havebeen delivered to the said carrier from a magazine or in such mannerthat the cigarettes are able to turn while delivered. For that reasonthe packing of cigarettes into the packets in a predetermined positionhitherto has been effected manually.

This invention relates to a device which positively transmits thecigarettes respec tively from the cigarette producing members of themachine to the said carrier and positively places the cigarettes intothe holders of the said carrier, so that the cigarettes never have anyoccasion to turn. In

accordance with the invention the said carrier is flexible and after thecigarettes have the carrier may, if necessary, be effected by one ormore conveyers provided with pockets or holders for keeping thecigarettes in fixed position, which conveyers permit the inspection ofthe cigarettes The accompanying drawing shows diagrammatically a form ofthe invention.

The means shown'is adapted to co-operate with a cigarette making machineof the known type, in which the cigarettes are cut from a string. Thecross section of the cigarettes is oval. The cigarettes cut from thestring arrive on a table 1 in a predetermined position with the seamturned in a. definite position, the same for all cigarettes. A carrierfor the cigarettes is moved past the table. The said carrier consists ofa band 2, for instance of steel, which is pro- 7 vided with ribs 3 ofsheet metal, forming pockets for the cigarettes. The band 2 is woundround a roller 1, from which it passes round a drum 5, located at thetable 1, a guide roller 6 and is then wound round a roller 7. While theband 2 passes round the drum 5, cigarettes are moved from the table 1into the pockets of the band 2 by an oscillating arm 8, so that thepockets are successively charged with cigarettes. In order to retain thecigarettes inthe pocket-s one or more endless threads 9, for instance,are provided, extending along the band 2 from the drum '5 to the roller7, guided by rollers 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14:. The guide rollers 10 and 13rotate in stationary bearings, while the roller 12 is carried byswingable arms 15, so that the space between the roller 12 and theroller 7 may be increased, while the band is wound round the latter. Theguide roller 14L is journalled in swingable arms 16 and is acted upon bya weight 17 keeping the threads 9 in tight condition. The said band 2 isguided in any suitable manner for instance by its edges sliding ingrooves 18, provided between the rollers etc. The driving mechanism maybe of any suitable construction and is not shown.

hen the band has been charged with cigarettes, it may be transported toa cigarette packing machine. The introducing of the cigarettes into theboxes, packets, etc, may be eli'ected according as the band is uncoiled.A chain provided with pockets may, evidently, be substituted for theband. An endless band or chain may also be used, passing round guiderollers.

Other positively operating means than those illustrated in the drawingmay, evidently, be used for carrying out the invention in question. Thepresent invention may be used also for packing cigarettes having noprint and other staitshaped articles.

6 claim:

1. In a device for transmitting cigarettes 'from a cigarette makingmachine to a packing device the provision of means, which positivelytransfer the c1garettes from the cigarette producing members or the saidmachine to a flexible carrier and positively place the same into thesaid carrier, and a member, on which the said carrier, containingcigarettes, is wound.

2. In a device for transmitting cigarettes from a cigarette makingmachine to a pack ing device the provision of means, which positivelytransfer the cigarettes from the cigarette producing members of the saidmachine to a flexible carrier and positively places the same into thesaid carrier, a mein ber, on which the said carrier, containingcigarettes is wound, and a number of flexible members passing alongnecessary portions of the flexible carrier and retaining the cigarettesin the carrier.

3. In a device for transmitting cigarettes, oval in cross section, froma cigarette making machine to a packing device, the combination with acarrier, provided with holders, in which the cigarettes are held in adefinite position and by means of which they are moved to a packingdevice, of a substantially horizontal, stationary support, on which eachcigarette from the cigarette producing members of the said machineseparately is delivered in a predetermined position with its seam turnedin a definite direction the same for all cigarettes, means for movingthe said carrier past the said support and a member positively movingthe cigarette transversely and sliding on the said support into theholders of the carrier.

In witness whereof We have hereunto set our hands.

GUNNAR llRISTIAN EK S .ROM.

